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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1972
Page
1
U S planes attacked North Vietnamese radar sites Wednesday. An F105 Wild Weasel reportedly destroyed a radar site 45 miles north of the DMZ. A second Weasel attacked another radar station 64 miles southwest of Hanoi. No damage to American planes reported.
U S Rep Bob Jones predicts education and health legislation will attract most congressional attention next session. He notes growing awareness of health and education needs and cites Appalachian program success as a model. Schools fear funding cuts.
U S peace negotiator William J Porter cautions North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against planned military actions on the western border of South Vietnam and elsewhere in Indochina. The 139th session of the Paris talks opens after a four week recess with sides still far apart. The opposing leaders denounce Nixon and insist on prisoner release tied to U S withdrawal and Saigon obligations.
In Montgomery Nixon said he would abolish busing if Wallace runs and wins the Florida presidential primary. In Concord Muskie began his New Hampshire bid promising to court New England voters over the next two months. In Washington the Pay Board declined to propose guidelines for cutting a 12 percent aerospace pay raise.
F E Gartrell of the Tennessee Valley Authority told the Alabama Air Pollution Control Commission that proposed uniform standards for existing and new power plants are not practical. He said sulfur dioxide limits may be technically unfeasible and noted federal agencies recognize feasibility limits.
Oklahoma defeated Auburn 40 to 22 in a New Year’s Day football game. The caption credits Daily Photo by Bobby Herbert.
Nixon said no deal was reached to swap prisoners for total U S withdrawal and Hanoi rejected a similar proposal raised in Paris. Porter criticized mail handling to prisoners and urged clarity on where families can send letters as life signs emerge from Viet Cong detainees while the U S and Saigon push for a general cease fire and elections.
Two years after Joyce Drake, a 20 year old Falkville mother of two, was found murdered on a snow covered eastern Morgan County slope authorities continue to press the investigation. State Investigator Capt. E. B. Watts says leads are being checked and the case is active. Sheriff John McBride and Watts note fresh leads have emerged but yielded no resolution.
The former President Theodore Roosevelt dies at his Oyster Bay New York home in 1919. Weather notes forecast highs in the upper 30s and lows in the mid 20s with a high Friday in the mid 50s.
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co board declared a semi annual dividend on Wednesday for over 25 years at 10 cents unchanged from last July. Chairman Louie Roussel III said if profits stay high another dividend may be declared this July. President Redus Collier hailed 1971 as the best year of earnings in the firm’s history.
The Feb 26 issue, THE DAILY Opportunity Edition, reflects a decade of growth in the Decatur area. Barrett Shelton Jr. notes vast opportunities for education, health, industry and transportation in North Alabama, highlighting progress from past diseases to a blossoming Valley economy and regional hub status.
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